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Airtel’s cheapest recharge plan ₹99 will now cost ₹155, an increase in the tariff plan by 57%. Even after the price hike, the Airtel ₹155 plan is still the cheapest of Airtel for unlimited data and calling. This price hike is applicable in 8 states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Northeast, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh-West. Earlier it was only tested in Odisha and Haryana. Soon, a much wider rollout is expected.
Airtel had already announced a price hike in November last year, 2022. However, now the telecom company has announced a much wider rollout. As of September 2022, Bharti Airtel's India mobile business had a total of 328 million subscribers, of which 109 million did not use data. Of this bucket, Morgan Stanley estimates roughly "33 to 40 million could be sitting on the minimum recharge plans, with a potential average revenue per user (ARPU) of Rs 95".
With the telecom brands facing mounting stress to increase their ARPU, a price hike was expected from most major telecom operators including Reliance Jio. As per reports, Airtel is expecting its Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) to reach ₹206 by the financial year 2025, introducing at least a 10% hike each year.
Airtel also recently launched its Disney+ Hotstar complimentary subscription to its three more Airtel prepaid plans.
While the Airtel ₹155 plan (the former ₹99 plan) comes with a 24 days validity and 1GB data per day limit, here’s what you get with other telecom operators' plans at the same price.
Here’s a comparison between Airtel's vs Jio vs Vodafone Idea’s ₹155 worth base recharge plan to give you an overview of which telecom operator is currently offering the most value in the same price point.
Comparison between Airtel's vs Jio's vs Vodafone Idea’s base recharge plan | |||
Telecom Operator |
Price |
Benefits |
Validity |
Airtel |
₹155 |
Calling: Unlimited SMS: 300 Data: 1 GB Other Benefits: Free Hellotunes & Wynk Music |
24 Days |
Vodafone Idea |
₹155 |
Calling: Unlimited SMS: 300 Data: 1 GB Other Benefits: None |
24 Days |
Reliance Jio |
₹155 |
Calling: Unlimited SMS: 300 Data: 2 GB Other Benefits: JioTV, Jio Cloud, Jio Security, Jio Cinema |
28 Days |
If you remember, the last time Airtel and Reliance Jio both announced a price hike in their tariff plans was in 2021. That price hike also included this same base plan and the price of the same was increased from ₹79 to ₹99 and now the price of the same base plan is increased to ₹155.
Reliance Jio recently launched its Jio 5G ₹61 Data Recharge plan and announced two new plans, Jio ₹349 and ₹899 plans. The prior comes with a 30 days validity and the latter with a 90 days validity period.
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@mastervijay
When did this happen 😲 I recharged with 666₹ plan last week only for 3 months instead of regular 99 this time
Jio if you want rare outgoing calls, its already the value plan of 155 for 28 days.
Airtel has the absolute worst quality and coverage. Even Vi is better than craptel. Yet, Mittal wants to earn and loot in any way possible without investing much. Smh.
Ported one sim to BSNL(UP-W) but it's way poor for Internet ( 3G) , Dwnld is decent(250kbps day,750kbps night ) but upload is 30-80kbps for me .
Worst part is it's instability ,3G shifts to 2G for sometimes 5 mins to 30mins anytime of day,which makes it useless during Online meetings(student).
39-->49-->79-->99-->155-->? They didn't even make an effort to stop at 129, direct 155.
Let's hope enough people port to bsnl or jio phone, making airtel rollback 99 plan.
Anyone know if jio phone with 2 Years plan for 2k available now?
airtel wanted 200 arpu and already got 190 how much they want now 😒
99 plan offered 99rs talktime and 200mb data
Airtel’s cheapest recharge plan ₹99 will now cost ₹155, an increase in the tariff plan by 57%. Even after the price hike, the Airtel ₹155 plan is still the cheapest of Airtel for unlimited data and calling. This price hike is applicable in 8 states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Northeast, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh-West. Earlier it was only tested in Odisha and Haryana. Soon, a much wider rollout is expected.
Airtel had already announced a price hike in November last year, 2022. However, now the telecom company has announced a much wider rollout. As of September 2022, Bharti Airtel's India mobile business had a total of 328 million subscribers, of which 109 million did not use data. Of this bucket, Morgan Stanley estimates roughly "33 to 40 million could be sitting on the minimum recharge plans, with a potential average revenue per user (ARPU) of Rs 95".
With the telecom brands facing mounting stress to increase their ARPU, a price hike was expected from most major telecom operators including Reliance Jio. As per reports, Airtel is expecting its Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) to reach ₹206 by the financial year 2025, introducing at least a 10% hike each year.
Airtel also recently launched its Disney+ Hotstar complimentary subscription to its three more Airtel prepaid plans.
While the Airtel ₹155 plan (the former ₹99 plan) comes with a 24 days validity and 1GB data per day limit, here’s what you get with other telecom operators' plans at the same price.
Here’s a comparison between Airtel's vs Jio vs Vodafone Idea’s ₹155 worth base recharge plan to give you an overview of which telecom operator is currently offering the most value in the same price point.
Comparison between Airtel's vs Jio's vs Vodafone Idea’s base recharge plan
Telecom Operator
Price
Benefits
Validity
Airtel
₹155
Calling: Unlimited
SMS: 300
Data: 1 GB
Other Benefits: Free Hellotunes & Wynk Music
24 Days
Vodafone Idea
₹155
Calling: Unlimited
SMS: 300
Data: 1 GB
Other Benefits: None
24 Days
Reliance Jio
₹155
Calling: Unlimited
SMS: 300
Data: 2 GB
Other Benefits: JioTV, Jio Cloud, Jio Security, Jio Cinema
28 Days
If you remember, the last time Airtel and Reliance Jio both announced a price hike in their tariff plans was in 2021. That price hike also included this same base plan and the price of the same was increased from ₹79 to ₹99 and now the price of the same base plan is increased to ₹155.
Reliance Jio recently launched its Jio 5G ₹61 Data Recharge plan and announced two new plans, Jio ₹349 and ₹899 plans. The prior comes with a 30 days validity and the latter with a 90 days validity period.
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